So Okay, I've been putting off completing the archiving of the X'mas/New Year trip to
Macau and
Hong Kong. I had tons of fun that time. Will just do a quick wrap up before me and Daisy go off for our long belated honeymoon. Yup! We're going on a honeymoon!
Anyways, Hong Kong was about food mostly. The food is good, and it doesn't help that food in HK is cheaper than in Singapore. But I wont be posting more shots of Dim Sum, don't worry. Hong Kong is also about maids congregating at Victoria Park.
It's also about great roadside munchies; Daisy's favourite being curry fish balls.
Also, if you've watched Hong Kong dramas/movies, you'll find vistas of terraced cemetaries. Kinda let you feel like Chan Ho Nam in one of those triad movies. Dunno what I'm talking about? Too bad for you then.
There are also plenty of "Missing" / "Lost" posters in town. From people who are really missing...
To "forget about it la" kinda missing pets.
But I tend to like the extra-ordinary, like going on a hike along the mountains of Hong Kong. The Dragon's Back Trail, anyone?
Starts off along wooded trails that can be kinda creepy if not for the occasional
ang moh hikers you chance upon once in a while.
The trail eventually winds into the open hilltops that span the length of Hong Kong island.
I'm not sure if you could see it, but the trail seemed like it was never going to end! Up the side of one hill, down the other. Repeat for 9 peaks!
Yep, it's tiring all right! But the view from the trail, I assure you, is breath taking.
And the view gets better. With the cool sea breeze, it's a great feeling altogether.
Really glad we took the time to try something different.
From the Dragon's Back Trail, we ventured to Big Wave Bay and Shek O.
Sipping a beer at Big Wave Bay, I somewhat expected to see Grace Lam in some kinky action behind one of the big boulders on the beach. Also don't know who Grace Lam is? Then, really too bad lah.
Anyways, one trail I definitely do not look forward to hiking is the one tranversing Lantau Island to get to the giant statue of Buddha.
On the cable car looking down, we could see groups of hikers slowly making their way across the hills. The end of the cable car journey is the massively crowded Ngong Ping 360 themed villlage. (One tip on getting Cable Car tickets is to buy it a day earlier. Saved us 2 hours of queuing)
I've always met friends on trips overseas. This time is no different. Guess who we bumped into? Haha! Jensen and ShuZhen! Yeah, silly Liverpool fans, haha!
It's a good thing the Buddha is a Manchester United fan. Oh yeah, baby!
Lantau is also famous for silky smooth dou hua. Refreshing stuff.
Being a food lover, I find eating the roasted goose at Yue Kee a highlight of the trip.
It's located at some super ulu place. Somewhere in Sham Tseng actually. But boy is it good!
Salivating right now.. Another famous HK makan institution is Under Bridge Spicy Crab. We ordered the mildy spicy version that day as Daisy decided I was not to be allowed to eat spicy food. Will elaborate more later.
But I'll fefinitely go back to HK and order a properly spicy version of this dish; the spicy crab. Unlikely to be as good as the dishes at Mellben Ang Mo Kio but interesting nonetheless.
Having read of a toilet themed restaurant opening a few years ago, I sought it out and found it somewhere in Mongkok.
I would grade the experience as fun and interesting haha! Food is ma ma dei but it's the experience that matters.
Even our cups are in the shapes of urinals!
All that postings about food is making me real hungry right now. Already looking forward to going back to HK for makan. This time, I'll be more controlled. Back in January, I ate so much I suffered major indigestion. Feeling nauseous for one whole day, I finally had bouts of vomitting late one night. Daisy had to rush me to Ruttonjee Hospital and I had to have my butt jabbed by a lady doctor.
Luckily I was discharged a few hours after that but wasn't allowed to have a properly spiced Under Bridge Spicy Crab. But I recovered enough to celebrate the New Year at January the 1st 2009.
As well as my own birthday on January 2nd.
I love Hong Kong. Will definitely go back there again.
